Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 1
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे सप्तदशो ऽध्यायः पुलस्त्य उवाच मासि चाश्वयुजे ब्रह्मन् यदा पद्मं जगत्पतेः नाभ्या निर्याति हि तदा देवेष्वेतान्यथो ऽभवन्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pulastya uvāca māsi cāśvayuje brahman yadā padmaṃ jagatpateḥ nābhyā niryāti hi tadā deveṣvetānyatho 'bhavan
Pulastya sprach: „O Brahmane, im Monat Āśvayuja, wenn der Lotos des Herrn des Weltalls aus (seinem) Nabel hervortritt, dann treten diese (besonderen Bedingungen/Observanzen) unter den Göttern in Kraft.“
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FAQs
Sacred time is presented as meaningful: certain months are marked by divine signs that cue proper observance. The verse frames ritual practice as harmonized with cosmic rhythms centered on the Lord.
This aligns most closely with ancillary dharma/vrata material rather than the five primary marks; it is adjacent to ‘vaṃśānucarita/ācāra’ style instruction (conduct and observance) and uses cosmological imagery typical of sarga motifs (Padmanābha lotus).
The lotus emerging from the navel evokes Padmanābha—creation and order arising from the supreme. Linking it to Āśvayuja sacralizes the calendar by mapping it onto a creation-symbol.